People of God are supposed to perceive His intentions with marriage as a practice leading up to becoming One with Christ the Bridegroom. In which case, divorce would be like breaking relations with Christ.
Agree, it is a practice for humans before the real deal.
We think of DIVORCE as being AFTER a “wedding”.
I do think it a parallel with the following in mind...
* according to Mosaic/Jewish custom;
* A contract of agreement TO MARRY was agreed by A woman’s dad, and a man interested in MARRYING the woman.
* The dad and the man would agree the daughter would marry and the dad agreed to provide a dowry, and the man would agree to thereafter provide and care for the woman.
* That WAS the Marriage Contract.
* The man and woman were considered MARRIED.
* The man would prepared a home, (over the course of the next year or so.)
* The man and would would have little IF any contact.
* After the man prepared a home, he would go to fetch his bride at her dad’s house.
* A servant, sounds a notice that the man/groom is about to fetch the woman from her dads home.
* That allowed the woman to get dressed, Vail her face, perhaps have some lovely smelling flowers with her, tell her mom and dad, good-bye.
* The man/groom would show up whisk the woman away to the man/grooms’ father’s house.
* At his fathers house would be guests/witnessed, a feast, a room prepared for the bride & groom, and a WEDDING ceremony whereby the grooms father would bless the WEDDED couple and their Marriage Union.
* The guest would carry on eating, drinking, making merriment, for 2, 3, - 5, 6 or so days. The bride and groom would go to their room and consummate their being WED. There is were the veil would be removed and the groom see His Bride....sometimes seeing her for the very first time.
Marriage was a contract of intent to WED.
The couple was considered man and wife once the Marriage contract was established....BEFORE they were WED.
DIVORCE was DISSOLVING a Marriage “contract”, BEFORE they were WED. (What we would call breaking an engagement).
Parallel to a relationship WITH God..
Hearing God’s Word......called enlightenment.
“Marriage gift”...so to speak...Gift of Faith, for Hearing Gods Word.
“Blessings of the HS”...Given FOR believing the Word, one has Heard.
AND......continue the “marriage”, hearing more faith increasing...
AND......time passes, hearing, faith increasing, blessing increasing...
AND......change ... no longer desire ... DIVORCE
^ That is called Tasting, and spitting it out.
^ That is called bringing Shame upon the groom.
Heb 6:4-6
OR
AND.....groom has been preparing a room (mansion) in his father’s house and a home for his bride.
AND......”WEDDING” day arrives.
AND..... a signal is sounded
AND......”bride prepared”, has been waiting, is vailed, “sober”!, bride leaves her dads house, whisked away to grooms fathers’ house
AND.....guests are there....”well not all the guests”...
Uh...some are still on earth, deciding if they want to be “quests” at the Wedding “or not”.
God the Father sends his servants....(Two witnesses; 144,000)
(Jesus’ parable; Matt 22:1-4)
Some invited guests reject, some agree become prepared “dressed” and arrive, some even try to sneak in “unprepared” and ousted.
And the story goes on and on, of the Groom taking his bride with him wherever he goes the bride is with him...and on to the home he has prepared in his kingdom.